Prayers and Meditations — §356
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 356 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ طَهِّرْ أُذُنِي لاسْتِماعِ آياتِكَ وَنَوِّرْ قَلْبِي بِنُورِ عِرْفانِكَ، ثُمَّ أَنْطِقْ لِسانِيْ بِذِكْرِكَ وَثَنائِكَ، فَوَعِزَّتِكَ يا إِلهِي لا أُحِبُّ سِواكَ وَلا أُرِيدُ دُونَكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Purge Thou mine ear, O my Lord, that I may hearken unto the verses sent down unto Thee, and illuminate my heart with the light of Thy knowledge, and loose my tongue that it may make mention of Thee and sing Thy praise. By Thy might, O my God! My soul is wedded to none beside Thee, and my heart seeketh none except Thine own Self.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: GodgleaningsGWB §233: of his Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: “O God our Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: before Thy Lordshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §10: O Lord my Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: of Divinity
This form usually rendered as “cleanse”, “purify”, “recovered” (12 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Purge Thou mine”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: cleansedgleaningsGWB §577: purifiedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: Purgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: will wash usthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: cleanse itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: to cleansegleaningsGWB §532: Were ye to cleanseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §838: may be cleansed
This form usually rendered as “mine”, “leave” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §53: with attentive earsgleaningsGWB §619: his earkitab-i-iqanKIQ §211: by permissionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: by Thy leavetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own earswill-and-testamentW&T §34: the mindsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: eargleaningsGWB §222: Leave hath, moreover, been given
SE expanded to “I may hearken”
heard 24% perceive 18% hearken 12% hearing 12% known 6% ears 6% hearkening 6% acquainted 6% told 6% thou 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: We, verily, have heardfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §44: acquainted withkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: whose earsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §289: responded totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §111: a hearingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
SE expanded to “verses sent down”
signs 55% utterances 18% verses 8% most 6% utterance 3% words 3% sweetness 3% repudiated 2% through 2% truth 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: repudiated Thy signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §547: signs andkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: “smoke” denotesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §128: and in Thy signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: comethwill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thy wondrous Signs
This form usually rendered as “light”, “radiance”, “illumine” (185 occurrences)
light 79% radiance 4% illumine 4% brightness 3% splendor 3% illuminate 1% luminary 1% into 1% glimmer 1% glory 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: with their lightfire-tabletFire §48: and with the fire ofgleaningsGWB §440: shine uponkitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: pureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §30: and the beams of the brightnesstablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: splendourthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: Get thou from it thy radiancewill-and-testamentW&T §13: radiantly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: transformed MegleaningsGWB §372: the human heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: to any heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §786: and whose eyestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §110: within your heartswill-and-testamentW&T §23: sincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: turn
SE expanded to “of Thy knowledge”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: knowledgegleaningsGWB §383: can comprehendkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §44: true understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: the mantablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §52: do thou observe itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: known as
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: is raisedfire-tabletFire §37: utterethgleaningsGWB §595: from Whose lips have gone outkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: eloquentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: enable metablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: hath been moved to disclosewill-and-testamentW&T §2: declared
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: your tonguesgleaningsGWB §347: in that tonguekitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: speechprayers-and-meditationsP&M §754: with eloquencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: her honeyed tonguethe-hidden-wordsHW §101: IN WORDepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: tonguegleaningsGWB §174: said
SE rendered أَنْطِقْ (ʾanṭiq), لِسانِيْ (lisání), بِذِكْرِكَ (bidhikrik), وَثَنائِكَ، (wathanáʾika،) as “and loose, my tongue, and sing Thy praise”
remembrance 37% praise 20% remember 9% remembering 9% glorification 5% name 5% whose 5% make 4% mention 3% through 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: hath been recordedgleaningsGWB §546: the praisekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: call to mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: Even as He hath revealedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §128: the remembrance oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §5: name thy name
SE expanded to “and sing Thy praise”
praise 45% extol 16% celebrate 8% glorify 6% virtues 6% celebrating 6% extolling 5% magnifying 3% glory 3% praises 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: glorifygleaningsGWB §321: createdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: Thereuponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §149: and praisewill-and-testamentW&T §39: anotherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: praise TheegleaningsGWB §627: and to celebrate Thy praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: In the midst of
SE rendered وَثَنائِكَ، (wathanáʾika،), فَوَعِزَّتِكَ (fawaʿizzatik), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), أُحِبُّ (ʾuḥibb), سِواكَ (siwák) as “and sing Thy praise, My soul is wedded, to none beside Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: the MightygleaningsGWB §488: of honorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: Dear friend!prayers-and-meditationsP&M §108: the Most Precioustablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §125: in your glorywill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: Hath thy pomp
SE rendered وَثَنائِكَ، (wathanáʾika،), فَوَعِزَّتِكَ (fawaʿizzatik), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), أُحِبُّ (ʾuḥibb), سِواكَ (siwák), أُرِيدُ (ʾuríd) as “and sing Thy praise, My soul is wedded, to none beside Thee, my heart seeketh”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §45: that loveth Mefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §597: heartskitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: affectionateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: How great is my wishtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §24: Our desirewill-and-testamentW&T §3: O ye beloved of
سِواكَ
literal: other than; other-than; other than, except
This form usually rendered as “all”, “any”, “aught” (55 occurrences)
SE expanded to “to none beside Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: else but HimgleaningsGWB §457: and fashioned youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: unto themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: except Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §18: otherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: mountedgleaningsGWB §302: anyone besides Him
This form usually rendered as “wish”, “have”, “what” (19 occurrences)
SE expanded to “my heart seeketh”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: through His wishgleaningsGWB §188: after your own desireskitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: intendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §477: hast wishedthe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: His wishgleaningsGWB §703: desiringkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: given
SE expanded to “none except Thine own Self”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: withoutgleaningsGWB §705: refuse to sanction it inkitab-i-iqanKIQ §143: the likeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §18: none but Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: All othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: all else beside TheegleaningsGWB §246: none but Him
